summer time

one of my favorite things about this time of year is the cook-outs. we have been doing alot of grilling already. tonight robert had to work alittle late, so i grilled some hamburgers for the boys and me, then we had some ice cream. afterwards, i sat on the back patio and watched the boys play around. the weather couldn't be more perfect. i love to watch the boys play together. i get this certain feeling that i have the perfect life. i know that i have the best little boys in the whole world. these are the times that i hope the boys remember for the rest of their life. i know i will.

anniversary dinner outcome

i am happy to say that, everything turned out great. our usual babysitter decided she wanted some extra cash, and decided to change her plans. i figure it was probably God teaching me a lesson to be content with things not always going my way, because just when i excepted the fact that we wouldn't be going to dinner, plans turned around. so robert and i went to north little rock and ate at red lobster, it wasn't the place we decided to go in the first place, but we enjoyed ourselves anyway. afterwards we browsed around acadamy then headed home.

disadvantages of not having mom around

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY #8

i know i shouldn't always get upset when things don't work out my way, in the back of my mind i know that there are certain reasons why things don't happen the way i would like for them to. but isn't it just in our human nature to get upset? anyway, today is mine and robert's 8 year anniversary, and he wants to go to little rock and have a nice dinner at this resturaunt we found that has a nice romantic setting and has great food. but i am not having any luck finding a baby sitter. and it just makes me sit back and realize, if i lived near my mom still, she would be there for me in a heart beat. yea, i guess we could go on a different day, but it just seems more like its an anniversary dinner if you actually go on your anniversary, verses if you wait a couple days, it just seems like another usual dinner at a resturant. oh well, we will see what happens.

our newest addition

we finally got daddy talked into getting a puppy. and i think robert enjoys her more than we do. her name is darla. she is chocolate lab, mixed with a bit of something else, so we were told. by looking at her you would think she was full-blood. the boys lover her and she loves the boys, and she loves to chew on everything besides her "chew" toys. the guys made her the best dog house i had ever seen. this dog house even has shingles on it. i wonder if she is a bit spoiled yet?!!

quite an experience

last weekend, my good friend from high school, chanelle got married. on the invitation it said that the wedding would be held at a greek orthodox church. my first thought was that maybe they decided to have it there because it was a fancy church or something of the sorts, well shortly after the ceremony started my first thought proved to be wrong. it was actually being held at a greek orthodox church because well........ it was indeed a GREEK wedding!! it was nothing like i had ever been to. it was a great experience to say the least. it was chanelle all the way, from her dress to the decorations, from the greek traditions to the food. if it were to have been any other way, it would not of been "chanelle".

It's way too early

On Thursday April 30, i got the most heart-shocking news from my first born son..........it goes something like this. i was waiting to pick luke up from school and as the kids came walking out of the building to parent pick-up, i am watching my son which looked like he was holding some girls hand. so i kept my eyes fixed on those hands until i could tell for sure. sure enough what i saw was true. so i convince myself that it's just a buddy thing. oh no!! the very first words out of my little 6 year olds mouth was, "guess what mom? i got a new girlfriend." okay i don't know about you but i was totally at a loss for words, and thinking NEW girlfriend? like he has had many. not wanting to make a big deal about it and embarress him, i didn't say much. i was absolutly stunned.